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January 8, 2008
Best Re-Construction of Today Possible
Today isn't perfectly weighed and measured*, as I went out for lunch with co-workers, but I ate a salad I am very familliar with, and I know it comes with four onces of grilled chicken (I'm mostly vegetarian, not entirely, as noted frequently) and I can guess on the romaine and tomato and avocado medium well, though one can never be sure. I don't use any dressing. I did have a few of the mussels in red sauce that everyone shared, which I tried to account for, but I could be way off, not so much on the mussels themselves but on the sauce. I counted it as though it was mostly oil, so I'm probably not too far off, and I didn't eat much of it. Dinner was my regular lunch salad with yogurt and a slice of non-fat cheese, plus nuts (which were also snacks) breakfast was eggwhites, brewers' yeast, flax oil, nonfat cheese. Before bed snack after returning home from work at nineish was cottage cheese and spiced nuts and red wine. A wine and cheese party of sorts. I also ate five of Danny California's French fries at the meeting, which I counted, believe it or not. I am an eater of other people's fries: if I can just keep it to three to five, I think I'll be fine. We actually left fries on the table today. And I was very proud of myself that I ate none of Edward's fries at lunch, even though he wagged them at me in an attempt to tempt me. "It's a test," he said. "What the f*&K is your problem, dude?" I asked. So what could have been a finishing of other people's fries at two meals day turned into a five small fries day. Let's shoot for no small fries, but still, it's progress. The return to the not one bite rule has a few fries in the path. Maybe I should take the fries thing one week at a time. Starting tomorrow, it's a not one bite of fries week. Not one bite. If I go one calendar week with not one bite of anyone's fries, I will reward myself with... with... with... what do I want? I will reward myself with a trip to Longwood Gardens with my mom.
You know, Lisa brought back all this fancy chocolate from England, and it wouldn't even occur to me to touch it. Not tempted. But fries are another story. I guess we all have our things. At least I never eat a whole lot of them anymore. But those little bites (I count today's at 63 calories) add up. Keeping them logged into my software reminds me of how much they add up, and how little nutrition they offer. That's the good thing about keeping records: it not only keeps us honest with ourselves, it reminds us of important information that we can actually use. If I want fries, truly want them, I can always eat them as part of a balanced day (like I did today.) There are no forbidden foods on CR.
I also noted that today I had a very high protein lunch, and I felt quite satisfied throughout the afternoon. I may add eggwhites to my lunch again. I did that for a few months and it worked well... I can't remember why I stopped. A little extra protein seems to make a tremendous difference in my hunger levels.
Total nutrition for today:
General (76%)
Energy 1456.0 kcal 81%
Protein 125.1 g 272%
Carbs 84.3 g 65%
Fiber 17.8 g 71%
Fat 39.5 g 61%
Vitamins (88%)
Vitamin A 8937.7 IU 383%
Folate 270.0 µg 68%
B1 (Thiamine) 1.2 mg 110%
B2 (Riboflavin) 3.3 mg 302%
B3 (Niacin) 24.8 mg 177%
B5 (Pantothenic Acid) 4.5 mg 89%
B6 (Pyridoxine) 1.9 mg 150%
B12 (Cyanocobalamin) 8.5 µg 355%
Vitamin C 179.1 mg 239%
Vitamin D 0.0 IU 0%
Vitamin E 18.1 mg 121%
Vitamin K 363.7 µg 404%
Minerals (92%)
Calcium 1660.8 mg 166%
Copper 1.8 mg 197%
Iron 9.3 mg 52%
Magnesium 336.8 mg 105%
Manganese 3.4 mg 190%
Phosphorus 1480.5 mg 212%
Potassium 3332.3 mg 71%
Selenium 138.0 µg 251%
Sodium 1568.1 mg 105%
Zinc 10.3 mg 129%
Lipids (84%)
Saturated 4.7 g
Omega-3 2.8 g 141%
Omega-6 8.2 g 68%
Trans-Fats 0.8 g
Cholesterol 103.7 mg
The calcium is a little high cause I still haven't corrected the entry for that to reflect the Nancy's organic, but it's still over 100% between the yogurt, the cottage, and the two slices of cheese.
Okay, it's 3 am, I'm going to crawl into bed, hoping to wake neither man nor cat, and attempt two hours of sleep before I have to get up again.
* And this post illustrates the difficulty of guestimating!
Posted by april at January 8, 2008 2:48 AM
Comments
I took your advice and increased my protein levels. Every meal has protein. It's made a difference for me too. I noticed that I don't snack and nibble at crap when I have a higher protein breakfast and lunch.
And I'm happy to report that I've, overall, been a better CRONista (love that, April!) lately. :)
Posted by: Nenette at January 10, 2008 12:48 PM
Hi April
Ahh, Longwood Gardens, they're so beautiful. Another favorite place to visit when I lived in Philly was Chadd Forth, to visit the home and gallery of the Wyeth family.
Cheers, Arturo
Posted by: Arturo at January 10, 2008 8:10 PM